池

池 U+6C60, 池 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C60 ← 江 [U+6C5F] CJK Unified Ideographs 污 → [U+6C61]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

池 (radical 85 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水心木 (EPD), four-corner 3411₂, composition ⿰氵也)

See also

• 罁

References

• KangXi: page 606, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17141
• Dae Jaweon: page 1000, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1555, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6C60

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		池

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 池
Large seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (也) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
他	*l̥ʰaːl
拖	*l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːls
駞	*l'aːl
池	*l'aːl, *l'al
灺	*ljalʔ
鍦	*ɦljaːl, *hljal, *hljals
虵	*ɦljal, *laːlʔ, *lal
也	*laːlʔ
忚	*hleːl
髢	*l'eːls
杝	*l̥ʰalʔ, *l'alʔ, *lal
肔	*l̥ʰalʔ, *lalʔ
馳	*l'al
阤	*l'alʔ, *hljalʔ
施	*hljal, *hljals
絁	*hljal
葹	*hljal
弛	*hljalʔ
箷	*lal
衪	*lel, *lalʔ
暆	*lel
迆	*lal, *lalʔ
酏	*lal, *lalʔ
匜	*lal, *lalʔ
迤	*lalʔ
扡	*lalʔ
崺	*lalʔ
貤	*lals, *ɦljels, *lels
地	*l'els

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'aːl, *l'al): semantic 氵 + phonetic 也 (OC *laːlʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chí (chi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀
• Min Dong (BUC): diè / dò̤
• Min Nan (POJ): tî
• Wu (Wiktionary): zr (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyr
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴
    • Yale: chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci²
    • IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diè / dò̤
    • IPA ^(key): /tie⁵³/, /to⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî
    • Tâi-lô: tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zr (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻z̩²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖˠiᴇ/, /dɑ/▼

Rime
Character	池	池
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	I
Fanqie	直離切	徒河切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiᴇ/	/dɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚiɛ/	/dɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɛ/	/dɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖjiə̆/	/da/
Li Rong	/ȡje/	/dɑ/
Wang Li	/ȡǐe/	/dɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱie̯/	/dʱɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chí	tuó

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*Cə.lraj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'aːl/, /*l'al/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	池
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chí
Middle Chinese	‹ drje ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.lraj/
English	pool (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	池	池
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14769	14779
Phonetic component	也	也
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	駝	馳
Old Chinese	/*l'aːl/	/*l'al/

Definitions

池

1. pool; pond
2. moat
3. cistern
4. A surname​.

Compounds

Derived terms from 池

• 乾電池／干电池 (gāndiànchí)
• 他瑪羅池／他玛罗池
• 伏打電池／伏打电池
• 光電池／光电池
• 劍池／剑池
• 化糞池／化粪池 (huàfènchí)
• 印池
• 呼倫池／呼伦池
• 咸池
• 噴水池／喷水池 (pēnshuǐchí)
• 城池 (chéngchí)
• 堅城深池／坚城深池
• 墨水池 (mòshuǐchí)
• 墨池筆塚／墨池笔塚
• 天池
• 太液池 (Tàiyèchí)
• 太陽電池／太阳电池 (tàiyáng diànchí)
• 尹霍夫池
• 差池 (chāchí)
• 巴油池
• 弄兵潢池
• 揮翰臨池／挥翰临池
• 昆明池
• 昆池劫灰
• 暈池／晕池
• 曲江池
• 東門之池／东门之池
• 樂池／乐池
• 殃及池魚／殃及池鱼
• 水池 (shuǐchí)
• 池中物
• 池中蛟龍／池中蛟龙
• 池坊流
• 池堂
• 池塘 (chítáng)

• 池子 (chízi)
• 池座
• 池榭
• 池沼 (chízhǎo)
• 池湯／池汤
• 池隍
• 池魚／池鱼
• 池魚之殃／池鱼之殃
• 池魚之禍／池鱼之祸
• 池魚堂燕／池鱼堂燕
• 池魚林木／池鱼林木
• 池魚籠鳥／池鱼笼鸟
• 池鹽／池盐 (chíyán)
• 泮池
• 泳池 (yǒngchí)
• 洿池
• 浴池 (yùchí)
• 清水池
• 游泳池 (yóuyǒngchí)
• 湯池／汤池 (tāngchí)
• 湯池鐵城／汤池铁城
• 滇池 (Diānchí)
• 潢池
• 潢池弄兵
• 澠池／渑池 (Miǎnchí)
• 澠池之功／渑池之功
• 澠池會／渑池会
• 濾水池／滤水池
• 瑤池／瑶池
• 瑤池玉液／瑶池玉液
• 瑤池金母／瑶池金母
• 瑤池閬苑／瑶池阆苑
• 石城湯池／石城汤池
• 硯池／砚池
• 窮池之魚／穷池之鱼

• 翰池
• 臨池／临池
• 臨池學書／临池学书
• 舞池 (wǔchí)
• 茅池
• 華池／华池
• 蓄水池 (xùshuǐchí)
• 蓄電池／蓄电池 (xùdiànchí)
• 蓮池／莲池
• 血汙池／血污池
• 裝池／装池
• 解池
• 跪池
• 跳水池
• 配水池
• 酒池
• 酒池肉林
• 金城湯池／金城汤池 (jīnchéngtāngchí)
• 陂池
• 難越雷池／难越雷池
• 雷池
• 電池／电池 (diànchí)
• 非池中物
• 駕返瑤池／驾返瑶池
• 高城深池
• 魚池／鱼池 (yúchí)
• 魚池鄉／鱼池乡
• 鳳凰池／凤凰池
• 鳳池／凤池
• 鵝池／鹅池
• 鹼性電池／碱性电池
• 鹽池／盐池 (yánchí)
• 黃池／黄池
• 龍池／龙池

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Japanese

Kanji

池

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: じ (ji)
• Kan’on: ち (chi, Jōyō)
• On: た (ta)
• Kun: いけ (ike, 池, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds of 池

• 池袋 (ikebukuro)
• 池水 (chisui)
• 池沼 (chishō)
• 池泉 (chisen)
• 池亭 (chitei)
• 池畔 (chinan)
• 印池 (inchi)
• 園池 (enchi)
• 苑池 (enchi)
• 内池 (uchiike)
• 城池 (jōchi)
• 溜池 (temeike)

• 電池 (denchi)
• 肉池 (nikuchi)
• 墨池 (bokuchi)
• 古池 (furuike)
• 瑶池 (yōchi)
• 人工池 (jinkōke)
• 貯水池 (chosuichi)
• 養魚池 (yōgyochi)
• 養殖池 (yōshokuchi)
• 用水池 (yōsuiike)
• 金城湯池 (kinjōtōchi)
• 酒池肉林 (shuchinikurin)

Noun

池 (hiragana いけ, rōmaji ike)

1. pond, small lake, pool

   池 (いけ)を乾 (ほ)す

   ike o hosu

   drain a pond

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Korean

Hanja

池 • (ji, ta) (hangeul 지, 타, revised ji, ta, McCune-Reischauer chi, t'a, Yale ci, tha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

池 (trì, đìa, trầy, trề, tri, thế)

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